If you have ever played a football match in muddy and wet conditions, you’ll know how horrible it is to have to clean your football boots afterwards. But the thing is, even though it is a horrible job, you don’t want to put it off. If you do you will end up with a pair of boots that won’t last as long as they would otherwise. They will also be harder to clean when you do eventually get round to it.
So when you buy yourself a new pair of football boots, make sure you make the effort to continually clean them whenever it is needed. If you get into good habits now you will thank yourself for it later on. If you leave them and keep putting off the job, you’ll be buying more boots sooner than you would be otherwise.
The first thing you should do is to read any instructions that come with your boots. This might sound a bit odd – after all, boots don’t generally come with instructions on how to use them! But they might come with care instructions and you should keep these so you know how to do it.
The methods used could depend on the nature of the boots you have bought. For instance if you have a cheaper pair they could be made from synthetic materials instead of having leather uppers. This will affect the way you need to care for them, so bear this in mind.
You should really think about the tops and the bottoms of your football boots as two separate areas to clean. This is because they will very likely need different degrees of care and different tools to clean them with. For instance when it comes to the spikes on the soles of the boots you will know they tend to get caked up with mud very easily indeed. The best way to shift all this is to get some hot soapy water and something like a toothbrush or other small brush that you can use to dislodge all the mud. You can do this indoors or sit outside and do it if the weather is good enough.
Read the care instructions to find out how to treat the uppers, and make sure they don’t get too wet. A damp cloth should suffice, followed by a dry one to buff them up. Leave them to dry before polishing them to finish them off.